Editing Transcript:Nullify the corruption

{{Transcript|quest}}

==Starting out==
===Talking to Dryad===
* '''Dryad:''' Oh my. Why will he not cease attacking me?

===Killing the deer===
* {{Qact|Screen fades out and back in.}}
* '''Dryad:''' Oh my poor deer stag. What hast thou done?
* '''Player:''' I'm sorry. Was he a friend of yours? I though he was attacking you.
* '''Dryad:''' Thou didst what was necessary. I thank thee for coming to my rescue.
* {{Tselect|Choose option}}
** {{Topt|Why did it attack you?}}
*** '''Player:''' Why did it attack you?
*** '''Dryad:''' Once it was a noble beast in the forest, but something has corrupted it. A terrible darkness has encroached on my forest. I feel its presence weakening me.
*** {{Tact|continue}}
** {{Topt|Are you okay?}}
*** '''Player:''' Are you okay?
*** '''Dryad:''' Not entirely. A terrible darkness has encroached on my forest, corrupting the natural world. Its presence has weakened me.
*** {{Tact|continue}}
* {{Tselect|Choose option}}
** {{Topt|We must track this darkness down and eradicate it!}}
*** {{Tact|continue}}
** {{Topt|It might be overcast, but it's not that dark.}}
*** '''Player:''' It might be overcast, but it's not that dark.
*** '''Dryad:''' The darkness is not a lack of sunlight, but an abundance of evil.
*** {{Tact|previous}}
** {{Topt|Who says this is your forest?}}
*** '''Player:''' Who says this is your forest?
*** '''Dryad:''' I am part of this forest and it is part of me.
*** '''Player:''' I could similarly ask is that thy foot on the end of thy leg.
*** {{Tact|previous}}
* '''Player:''' We must track this darkness down and eradicate it!
* '''Dryad:''' Thou wouldst have mine utmost gratitude.
* '''Dryad:''' I am detecting a deeper concentration of the darkness to the northeast.
* '''Player:''' Right lets go.
* '''Dryad:''' Wait!
* '''Dryad:''' The corruption is strong. If thou faced it without protection, I fear it would consume thee. We must head to the Pooling, which can grant thee power.
* {{Tselect|Choose option}}
** {{Topt|What's the pooling?}}
*** '''Player:''' What's the pooling?
*** '''Dryad:''' There are a number of elemental magics in this world. The magics appear in small undetectable amounts all around us.
*** '''Dryad:''' But the magi-magnetic rocks of the pooling attract a high concentration of certain magics.
*** {{Tact|previous}}
** {{Topt|Okay, I'm ready to go.}}
*** '''Player:''' Okay, I'm ready to go.
*** '''Dryad:''' The cave is hidden straight north of here as the crow flies.
*** '''Player:''' I don't fly like a crow though.
*** '''Dryad:''' Truly, humans are limited. Thou shalt have to walk around.
*** '''Dryad:''' Look for a trail where the orange irises grow.
*** '''Dryad:''' Then thou will need to contact me in some manner... Wait I have an idea.
*** {{Qact|The Dryad gives the player a Dryad Leaf.}}
*** '''Player:''' Did you just pull this from your body? What's it for?
*** '''Dryad:''' If you rub the leaf you can contact me.

==Heading to the Pooling==
===Talking to Dryad===
* '''Dryad:''' We must head to the Pooling, which shall grant thee power.
* '''Dryad:''' The cave is hidden straight north from here as the crow flies.
* '''Dryad:''' Look for a trail where the orange irises grow.
* '''Dryad:''' Then contact me with the leaf I gave thee.

===Using Dryad Leaf on Dryad===
* '''Dryad:''' This is part of myself that I gave to you. You can use it to contact me.

===Talking to Corporal Binns===
* '''Corporal Binns:''' Have you located your fellow recruits?
* '''Player:''' Not yet. I met a dryad who's given me a more important task.
* '''Corporal Binns:''' The training exercise is far more important than gallivanting around the forest with dryads.
* {{Tselect|Choose option}}
** {{Topt|Did you notice all these outlaws?}}
*** '''Player:''' Did you notice all these outlaws?
*** '''Corporal Binns:''' Yeah this forest is rife with them. Feel free to kill a few off.
*** {{Tact|previous}}
** {{Topt|I'll get back out there now.}}
*** '''Player:''' I'll get back out there now.

===Using the Dryad Leaf===
====Outside the Thin Trail====
* '''Dryad:''' Why hast thou called me now? Thou must find the place where the orange irises dost grow.

====At the Thin Trail====
* {{Qact|The Dryad teleports in.}}
* '''Dryad:''' Well done. Thou hast found the orange irises.
* '''Dryad:''' Now I shall make it so that thou can see the portal to The Pooling.
* {{Qact|Screen fades out and back in. The Dryad opens the gate.}}
* '''Dryad:''' Take thy step beyond and behold the majesty of The Pooling.
* {{Qact|Screen fades out and back in.}}

==The Pooling==
===Talking to Dryad===
* '''Dryad:''' Take thy step beyond and behold the majesty of The Pooling.

===Entering inside===
* {{Qact|Screen fades out and back in. The camera pans towards the green pool, followed by the yellow pool and then the blue pool. The player runs towards the Drayd.}}
* '''Player:''' Wow. What is this place?
* '''Dryad:''' Welcome to The Pooling. These sparkling pools are accumulations of three of Adothria's fundamental magic types.
* {{Qact|Wellambran and Thurntyx appear.}}
* '''Wellambran the Cryoknight:''' Stop right there Queen Elynas. Why have you brought this receptacle human here?
* '''Player:''' I'm a receptacle human? What does that mean?
* '''Dryad:''' Thou art particularly suited to assimilating magic. It is a rare ability.
* '''Thurntyx the Lightningborn:''' Elynas, you knew Wellambran and I set alert wards here. How did you expect to get away with this?
* '''Dryad:''' I would not have come hither, had there not been dire need. A corrupting magic is permeating Hopeforest. I fear Vilzax is released on this world once more.
* '''Thurntyx the Lightningborn:''' Vilzax? If you're sure then we must act, but if pure fundamental magic must be released, he should receive Tempestae and become a Hammermage.
* '''Wellambran the Cryoknight:''' I think not. Tempestae is far too unpredictable. They should be fused with the magic Cryonae and become a Cryoknight.
* '''Player:''' You're talking about me as if I'm not here. If you want to infuse me with magic, don't I get a say?
* '''Dryad:''' That is an interesting compromise. Speak with each of us to learn about the three magics and thus pick one.
* '''Dryad:''' Choose carefully. Thou wilt not be able to change the path thou hast chosen. Thou wilt be filled with magic and thus no longer be a receptacle.
* {{Qact|Screen fades out and back in}}

==Choosing your magic==
===Talking to Dryad===
* '''Player:''' Tell me about the magic of Arborae.
* '''Dryad:''' By choosing Arborae, you will become what is known as a Guardian.
* '''Dryad:''' You will use weapons and armor crafted from bone, and many of thine weapons will deal Arborae damage.
* '''Dryad:''' Arborae is the magic of nature, calling the plants around you to come to your aid.
* '''Dryad:''' Plants don't like the cold, so Arborae is weak against Cryonae, but it is strong against Tempestae.

===Talking to Thurntyx the Lightningborn===
* '''Player:''' Tell me about the magic of Tempestae.
* '''Thurntyx the Lightningborn:''' If a human becomes infused with Tempestae, they can become a hammermage.
* '''Thurntyx the Lightningborn:''' You will use weapons and armor made from stone. Especially hammers, lots of hammers, hence the name.
* '''Thurntyx the Lightningborn:''' Many of your weapons will be infused with Tempestae magic - the magic of lightning!
* '''Thurntyx the Lightningborn:''' Tempestae is strong againt Cryonae. Those Cryoknights use a lot of metal which conducts lightning!
* '''Thurntyx the Lightningborn:''' However Tempestae is weaker against Arborae.

===Talking to Wellambran the Cryoknight===
* {{Qact|Choose option}}
** {{Topt|Tell me about the magic of Cryonae.}}
*** '''Player:''' Tell me about the magic of Cryonae.
*** '''Wellambran the Cryoknight:''' If you use the magic of Cryonae, you can become a Cryoknight like me.
*** '''Wellambran the Cryoknight:''' As you can see Cryoknights use a lot of metal weapons and armor.
*** '''Wellambran the Cryoknight:''' Cryonae is the magic of ice, with a side serving of paranoia.
*** '''Wellambran the Cryoknight:''' We are strong against Arborae - plants don't like ice. We are weak against Tempestae.
** {{Topt|You said I was a receptacle type. What does that mean?}}
*** '''Player:''' You said I was a receptacle type. What does that mean?
*** '''Wellambran the Cryoknight:''' Most folk don't have the capacity to absorb much fundamental magic.
*** '''Wellambran the Cryoknight:''' You are rare among humans in that you can absorb plenty. If you do, then in time you could become dangerously powerful.

===Standing in your pool of choice===
====Only on the first time====
* Are you sure you wish to become a [Cryoknight/Guardian/Hammermage]?
* {{Qact|Choose option}}
** {{Topt|I'm sure.}}
*** {{Tact|continue}}
** {{Topt|Not yet.}}
*** You can talk to the three beings in the room to help you decide which class to play.
* {{Qact|Scrren fades out and back in. The player absorbs the fundamental magic of their chose. Screen fades out and back in.}}
* You have chosen the [Cryoknight/Guardian/Hammermage] class.
* (If you chose Cryoknight:)
** '''Dryad:''' I must admit I am disappointed by thy choice.
** '''Wellambran the Cryoknight:''' Only because you have an unobjective bias towards trees.
** '''Dryad:''' Never mind that. We must track down the source of corruption.
** {{Tact|continue}}
* (If you chose Guardian:)
** '''Dryad:''' A wise choice. Now we must track down the source of corruption.
** {{Tact|continue}}
* (If you chose Tempestae:)
** '''Dryad:''' I must admit I am disappointed by thy choice.
** '''Thurntyx the Hammermage:''' Do not listen to her. The path of lightning magic is a strong and noble one.
** '''Dryad:''' Never mind that. We must track down the source of corruption.
** {{Tact|continue}}
* '''Dryad:''' Let us split up and track it down. It is somewhere in the Norhteast of Hopeforest.
* {{Qact|The Dryad teleports out.}}

====Afterwards====
* You have already chosen a faction.

==Searching for Vilzax==
===Talking to Thurntyx the Lightningborn===
* '''Thurntyx the Lightningborn:''' Go search the northeast of the forest. The Dark magic of Vilzax cannot be allowed to spread.

===Talking to Wellambran the Cryoknight===
* '''Wellambran the Cryoknight:''' Go search the northeast of the forest. If Vilzax is upon this world again it must be stopped while we still can.

===Entering the Crystal Clearing===
* {{Qact|Screen fades out and back in.}}
* '''Player:''' Jermais what happened?
* {{Qact|Jermais turns to the player.}}
* '''Jermais:''' I beat them. We get the treasure.
* {{Tselect|Choose option}}
** {{Topt|You monster. What have you done?}}
*** '''Player:''' You monster. What have you done?
*** '''Jermais:''' You insult me. Now you shall join the others in death.
** {{Topt|Eh? We weren't on a treasure hunt.}}
*** '''Player:''' Eh? We weren't on a treasure hunt.
** {{Topt|You shall pay for your crime.}}
*** '''Player:''' You shall pay for your crime.
*** '''Jermais:''' A challenger. You shall fall like the others. Mwahaha.

==Destroying the giant crystal==
===Talking to Dryad===
* '''Dryad:''' We found the source of the corruption. It is as calamitous as I feared. The stench and corruption of Vilzax is hard to bear.
* '''Player:''' And there's my collegaue Jermaisin the middle of it all. I'd better talk to him.

===Upon killing Jermais===
* '''Player:''' Wow. He went absolutely crazy. What happened?
* '''Dryad:''' It was not his fault. The corruption emanating from this crystal is immense. We must cure it with all haste.
* {{Tselect|Choose option}}
** {{Topt|How do we cure a crystal?}}
*** '''Player:''' How do we cure a crystal?
*** '''Dryad:''' This crystal is a substance that absorbs magic very readily, and then amplifies it tenfold.
*** '''Dryad:''' We will need a source of distilled magic. Then we can drive the dark magic from the crystal and fill it with something more benign.
*** '''Player:''' So we're heading back to the pooling?
*** '''Dryad:''' Wellambran and Thurntyx would not tolerate another intrusion. The magic from the pooling is rather too potent to be amplified anyway.
*** '''Dryad:''' But worry not, sources of benign magic abound - objects which absorb multiple types of magic at once, thus that they all neutralize each other.
*** '''Player:''' Really? I've not seen any.
*** '''Dryad:''' You humans pay so little attention to the living world. Some benign magic lay on the trail we just traversed. Come, I shall show thee.
*** {{Qact|The Dryad leaves for overgrown trail.}}
** {{Topt|I'll be right back. I need to do a thing.}}
*** '''Player:''' I'll be right back. I need to do a thing.

===Talking to Corporal Binns===
* '''Corporal Binns:''' Have you located your fellow recruits yet?
* {{Tselect|Choose option}}
** {{Topt|I've not found anyone else yet.}}
*** '''Player:''' I've not found anyone else yet.
*** '''Corporal Binns:''' Well get a move on. They've all been out there for a while.
** {{Topt|cond=Only on the first time:|Jermais killed Andrath and Channette.}}
*** '''Player:''' Jermais killed Andrath and Channette.
*** '''Corporal Binns:''' What? How did that happen? Where is Jermais now?
*** '''Player:''' Jermais is dead too. I had to kill him in self defense.
*** '''Corporal Binns:''' What? Show me where this happened.
*** '''Player:''' It's not safe to take you there. There's an evil corrupting crystal deep in the forest.
*** '''Corporal Binns:''' That's an unacceptable answer when we've lost three guards.
*** {{Tact|other}}
** {{Topt|Did you notice all these outlaws?}}
*** '''Player:''' Did you notice all these outlaws?
*** '''Corporal Binns:''' Yeah this forest is rife with them. Feel free to kill a few off.
*** {{Tact|previous}}
** {{Topt|I'll get back out there now.}}
*** '''Player:''' I'll get back out there now.

==Gathering glowing beetles==
===Entering overgrown trail===
* '''Dryad:''' Behold. Beetles. 
* '''Player:''' Shiny.
* '''Dryad:''' Now thou sees what thou hast missed. The luminescence these beetles exhibit is due to a high concentration of magic.
* '''Dryad:''' A blend of the assorted magics that occur in Hopeforest.
* '''Dryad:''' See if thou canst catch them.

===Talking to Dryad===
====With one beetle caught====
* '''Player:''' I've caught this beetle for you.
* '''Dryad:''' This is a good start, but you need to catch the other one.

====With two beetles caught====
* '''Player:''' I've caught these beetles for you.
* '''Dryad:''' Very well done. Lets go back to the crystal.
* {{Qact|The Dryad leaves for crystal clearing.}}

===Using beetle on giant crystal===
* '''Player:''' Probably best to consult the dryad before I go messing around with mysterious evil crystals.

==Cleansing the giant crystal==
===Entering crystal clearing===
* '''Dryad:''' Now we need to release the energy from the beetles into the crystal. I will aid the flow with my own magic.
* '''Player:''' What do I need to do?
* '''Dryad:''' First, press the beetles against the crystal.

===Using beetle on Dryad===
* '''Dryad:''' I don't want that.

===Using beetle on giant crystal===
* {{Qact|The player presses a beetle against the giant crystal.}}
* '''Dryad:''' Amshamalom ... karabean ... magalo.
* '''Dryad:''' Well done. The crystal is looking better already. But it's only partially restored.
* '''Dryad:''' You will need to explore the forest and find other sources of distilled benign magic.
* '''Dryad:''' They should have a similar glow to those beetles.
* {{Tselect|Choose option}}
** {{Topt|Any idea where I should look?}}
*** '''Player:''' Any idea where I should look?
*** '''Dryad:''' Not entirely. I do have some inklings of magic within mine realm.
*** '''Dryad:''' The closet magic here lies hidden beyond the tangled briar.
*** '''Dryad:''' There is an item containing much magic beyond a river.
*** '''Dryad:''' Some magic is guarded by something that was once my creature, but became corrupted like the stag.
*** '''Dryad:''' Now it hath multiple heads.
** {{Topt|I'll be right back. I need to do a thing.}}
*** '''Player:''' I'll be right back. I need to do a thing.

==Gathering the remaining items==

===Picking glowing mushroom===
* You pick the glowing mushroom and put it into your main quest inventory.

===Picking glowing honey hive a second time===
* You have already taken some honey.

===Glowing Fern===
====Talking to Ferryman====
* '''Ferryman:''' Good day traveler.
* {{Tselect|Choose option}}
** {{Topt|May I use your ferry?}}
*** (Before choosing the Maybe I could fix the hole option:)
**** '''Player:''' May I use your ferry?
**** '''Ferryman:''' Not sure how you expect to do that. There's a gaping hole in it.
**** {{Tselect|Choose option}}
***** {{Topt|Maybe I could fix the hole?}}
****** '''Player:''' Maybe I could fix the hole?
****** '''Ferryman:''' That would very helpful. You'll need four coarse ash planks. Check out the carpenter's shop in Timberwell village.
***** {{Topt|How did it get a hole?}}
****** '''Player:''' How did it get a hole?
****** '''Ferryman:''' I don't know. I got here this morning and found it like this.
****** {{Tact|previous}}
***** {{Topt|It doesn't look like you're doing much to mend it.}}
****** '''Player:''' It doesn't look like you're doing much to mend it.
****** '''Player:''' Surely sitting around, looking at a broken boat is a poor business model.
****** '''Ferryman:''' I'm waiting for an engineer at Hopeport to come and fix it.
****** '''Player:''' How long is that going to take?
****** '''Ferryman:''' Hard to know. Could be hours. Could be days ... Could be weeks even.
****** {{Tact|previous}}
*** (Before fixing the ferry:)
**** '''Ferryman:''' Have you managed to fix the ferry?
**** '''Player:''' Not yet.
**** '''Ferryman:''' Remember you'll need some coarse ash planks. Check out the carpenter's shop in Timberwell village.
*** (After fixing the ferry:)
**** '''Player:''' May I use your ferry?
**** '''Ferryman:''' Sure, no problem. You fixed it after all.
**** {{Qact|Screen fades out and back in. Ferryman and the player are on the ferry.}}
**** '''Ferryman:''' We're nearly there. The currents are a bit strong today.
**** {{Qact|The ferry quakes.}}
**** '''Ferryman:''' What under the three moons was that!
**** {{Qact|}}
** {{Topt|What's on the other side of this river?}}
*** '''Player:''' What's on the other side of this river?
*** '''Ferryman:''' A short way down the path you'll find some ruins of houses dating to the Himatik civilization.
*** '''Ferryman:''' It's a fascinating historical site well worth a look.
*** '''Ferryman:''' You can't much beyond, because you'll come to private land belonging to Lord Hopeport.

====Fix ferry====
=====Without four coarse ash planks=====
* You do not have any Coarse {{Colour|brown|Ash Planks}} to fix the ferry.

=====With four coarse ash planks=====
* {{Qact|The player begins fixing the ferry. Screen fades out and back in. The ferry is now fixed.}}
* The ferry is now completely fixed.
* {{Qact|Screen fades out and back in.}}

====Killing the newt====
* {{Qact|Screen fades out and back in.}}
* '''Player:''' Wow. Does that sort of thing happen often in the ferrying business?
* '''Ferryman:''' No not at all. Giant newts are as docile as sheep.
* '''Player:''' Not today though. I'm surprised wildlife this far from the crystal has been affected.
* '''Ferryman:''' Eh? You what now?
* '''Player:''' Don't worry about it.

====Picking glowing fern====
* You pick the glowing fern and put it into your main quest inventory.

===Dryad===
====Talk to====
* '''Dryad:''' Well done. The crystal is looking better already. But it's only partially restored.
* (Before gathering all the benign magic items:)
** '''Dryad:''' You will need to explore the forest and find other sources of distilled benign magic.
** '''Dryad:''' They should have a similar glow to those beetles.
** {{Tact|continue}}
* (After gathering all the benign magic items:)
** '''Dryad:''' Thou hath gathered sufficient magics.Thou must apply these artifacts to the crystal, thus driving out the evil of Vilzax.
* {{Tselect|Choose option}}
** {{Topt|Any idea where I should look?}}
*** '''Player:''' Any idea where I should look?
*** '''Dryad:''' Not entirely. I do have some inklings of magic within mine realm.
*** (Before picking the glowing mushroom:)
**** '''Dryad:''' The closet magic here lies hidden beyond the tangled briar.
**** {{Tact|continue}}
*** (Before picking the glowing fern:)
**** '''Dryad:''' There is an item containing much magic beyond a river.
**** {{Tact|continue}}
*** (Before picking the glowing bee hive:)
**** '''Dryad:''' Some magic is guarded by something that was once my creature, but became corrupted like the stag.
**** '''Dryad:''' Now it hath multiple heads.
** {{Topt|I'll be right back. I need to do a thing.}}
*** '''Player:''' I'll be right back. I need to do a thing.

====Using benign magic item====
* '''Dryad:''' Magnificent. That is precisely the sort of magic infused item we need. Use it upon yonder crystal.

===Upon cleansing the giant crystal===
* '''Dryad:''' My gratitude traveler. The corruption has been purged from the crystal. Hopefully with time, my forest shall heal.
* '''Dryad:''' But wait ... Now that the crystal is healed, I sense another source of corruption. Tis even fouler than the one we just banished. It emanates from a mine to the southeast of the forest.
* '''Player:''' Maybe that is why the mine goblins have been so aggressive lately. Maybe it's even the cause of the storm over Hopeport.
* '''Dryad:''' Maybe. There is certainly something unnatural about that storm.
* '''Player:''' We need to go stop the darkness. Come on, let's go.
* '''Dryad:''' Alas there are too few plants which grow in the mines. I cannot pass that way.
* '''Dryad:''' Fortunately thou hast my leaf, if you bring it to the source of corruption I can aid thy flow of magic from here.
* '''Player:''' Okay. I'll head off to the mine.

==To the mines==
===Talking to Dryad===
* '''Dryad:''' You need to find the source of corruption in the mine.
* '''Dryad:''' Contact me with your dryad leaf when you find it.

===Invoke dryad leaf===
* '''Dryad:''' Thou must find the source of corruption in the mine. Contact me when thou hath found it.

===Talking to Barricade Guard===
* (Talk to:)
** '''Barricade Guard:''' Morning. Sorry, you can't pass. It's not safe. We lost a whole squad of the town guard in here.
** {{Tact|continue}}
* (Pass barricade:)
** '''Barricade Guard:''' You can't head this way. It's not safe. We lost a whole squad of the town guard in here.
** {{Tact|continue}}
* {{Tselect|Choose option}}
** {{Topt|But I need to get in. There is a darkness I must stop.}}
*** '''Player:''' But I need to get in. There is a darkness I must stop.
*** '''Barricade Guard:''' It's an underground mine. You can't stop it being dark.
*** {{Tselect|Choose option}}
**** {{Topt|The darkness is not a lack of sunlight, but an abundance of evil.}}
***** '''Player:''' The darkness is not a lack of sunlight, but an abundance of evil.
***** '''Barricade Guard:''' Yeah, like I said, it's not safe. You'll have to get permission from Captain Jal Degreene if you want in.
***** {{Tact|continue}}
**** {{Topt|Just let me in already.}}
***** '''Player:''' Just let me in already.
***** '''Barricade Guard:''' You'll have to get permission from Captain Jal Degreene if you want in.
***** {{Tact|continue}}
*** '''Player:''' Okay. I'll go get that now.
** {{Topt|quest=no|Thanks for the warning.}}
** {{Topt|quest=no|Not safe? I laugh in the face of not safe.}}

{{Nullify the corruption}}